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Obverse of the United States Mint specimen of the 1804 Draped Bust dollar, Class I, in the Smithsonian's National Numismatic Collection. The FLOAT constituent is priced at the Class I diplomatic-presentation level; the pictured coin is the Mint's own Class I example.
National Numismatic Collection, Smithsonian Institution

1804 Draped Bust Dollar, Class I

Maker
U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)
Year
1804 (struck c.1834)
Rank
5 of 100

1804 Draped Bust Dollar, Class I

1804 Draped Bust Dollar, Class I by U.S. Mint (Philadelphia) (1804 (struck c.1834)) is ranked 5 in the FLOAT 100 for Coins. It sold for $7,680,000 in August 2021. 'The King of American Coins' — struck in the 1830s as diplomatic gifts; one of the most storied rarities in the hobby.

What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?

'The King of American Coins' — struck in the 1830s as diplomatic gifts; one of the most storied rarities in the hobby.

$1 silver, Draped Bust, Class I 'Original', PCGS/NGC Proof (Sultan of Muscat / diplomatic presentation class)

What is the best-sourced number for it?

Figure
$7,680,000
Kind
Realized at auction
Date
August 2021

Stack's Bowers Galleries, August 2021 ANA Auction. A Class I 1804 dollar realized $7,680,000. The Stickney Class I brought $3,360,000 (Dec 2020); the Mickley specimen $2,640,000 (Heritage, June 2018).

This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.

How this is made

The figure
One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
Realized or not
A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
Why no grade ladder
Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
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